The Alzheimer's Association Dementia Care Provider Roundtable (AADCPR) is awarding $250,000 in grant funding to Anju Paudel, PhD, RN, Pennsylvania State University, to fund research aimed at optimizing care interactions between staff and people living with dementia in assisted living communities.

The study will validate and establish a new process and outcome measure known as QUALity of Interactions Inventory (QUALII). The tool is aimed at guiding positive care interactions between assisted living staff and residents and evaluating the impact of these interactions.

“Staff-resident interaction is a critical measure of high-quality, person-centered dementia care,” Paudel said. “Nearly one million residents living in assisted living communities have care interactions with staff daily. Our study is aimed at optimizing these interactions to improve care delivery and response to treatment and enhance resident and staff satisfaction.”

It is estimated that 42% of residents in residential care communities, including assisted living communities, have Alzheimer's disease or other dementia.¹ These residents are especially at risk for poor care interactions related to ineffective staff approaches such as rapid talking, negative touching, and lack of verbal or nonverbal contact during care. These poor care interactions can have negative consequences for both residents and staff.

“Our study is aimed at developing strategies for optimizing care interactions in assisted living that will benefit both residents and staff,” Paudel said. “Previous research on understanding and improving staff-resident interactions in long-term care has been focused largely in nursing homes. Less is known about care interactions in the unique setting of assisted living communities.”

“Funding this research provides an exciting opportunity to enhance dementia care in assisted living communities,” said Lillian Reda, Genesis Healthcare, chair of the AADCPR. “This study aligns with the Roundtable's core mission to achieve better care and outcomes for both people living with dementia and their caregivers across the continuum of long-term and community-based care settings.”

Launched in 2018, the AADCPR represents a consortium of thought leaders from the dementia care provider industry working to advance care and support services for people with dementia and their caregivers, including through the dissemination and adoption of evidence-based Alzheimer's Association Dementia Care Practice Recommendations. The group is composed of 30 organizations representing the continuum of long-term and community-based care, including nursing homes, assisted living communities, life plan communities, and home care and adult day care providers.

阿尔茨海默病协会痴呆症护理提供者圆桌会议 (AADCPR) 向宾夕法尼亚州立大学注册护士 Anju Paudel 博士提供 25 万美元的赠款，用于资助旨在优化辅助生活社区中工作人员与痴呆症患者之间的护理互动的研究。

该研究将验证并建立一个新的流程和结果衡量标准，称为交互质量清单（QUALII）。该工具旨在指导辅助生活工作人员和居民之间积极的护理互动，并评估这些互动的影响。

“工作人员与住院医生的互动是高质量、以人为本的痴呆症护理的关键措施，”波德尔说。 “居住在辅助生活社区的近百万居民每天与工作人员进行护理互动。我们的研究旨在优化这些相互作用，以改善护理服务和治疗反应，并提高居民和工作人员的满意度。”

据估计，住宿护理社区（包括辅助生活社区）中有 42% 的居民患有阿尔茨海默病或其他痴呆症。 ¹这些居民尤其面临因工作人员无效的方法而导致护理互动不良的风险，例如快速说话、负面触摸以及护理期间缺乏言语或非言语接触。这些不良的护理互动可能会给居民和工作人员带来负面影响。

“我们的研究旨在制定优化辅助生活中护理互动的策略，这将使居民和工作人员受益，”波德尔说。 “之前关于理解和改善长期护理中员工与住院医师互动的研究主要集中在疗养院。人们对辅助生活社区独特环境中的护理互动知之甚少。”

AADCPR 主席 Genesis Healthcare 的 Lillian Reda 表示：“资助这项研究为加强辅助生活社区的痴呆症护理提供了令人兴奋的机会。” “这项研究符合圆桌会议的核心使命，即在长期和社区护理环境中为痴呆症患者及其护理人员提供更好的护理和结果。”

AADCPR 于 2018 年推出，代表了痴呆症护理提供者行业的思想领袖联盟，致力于为痴呆症患者及其护理人员提供护理和支持服务，包括传播和采用基于证据的阿尔茨海默氏症协会痴呆症护理实践建议。该组织由代表长期和社区护理连续体的 30 个组织组成，包括疗养院、辅助生活社区、生活计划社区以及家庭护理和成人日托服务提供者。